Zelda Ocarina of Time 3DS midnight launches??

[Streetball 21]

So none of the Gamestops here in my area are not having a midnight launch for this game. Which I find weird since they did it for Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. I know, I should wait till Sunday morning, but I just wanted it at midnight. So I've heard that payroll, demand and employee availablity determines whether there can be midnight launches or not. I'm curious, what else determines midnight launches?

[Robocop2]

I always heard part of it was tied to how many reservations a game gets

[Dangerboy]

That's correct - # of pre-orders over certain amount = enough sales to warrant the extra payroll.

Since so few people have a 3DS, midnight seems pointless.

[calistarwind]

Most of the Nintendo launches have gone to early sunday morning openings. I think it is due to the fact that (not to sound crass) but most Nintendo fans are younger and their parents do not want to go out to a midnight. Pokemon was always a 9 am Sunday open, there have been some others too but all Nintendo.

[lookfun78]

Dude the game is out go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGqhBzmPvT8&feature=feedu and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR6wvtY_E9U&feature=feedu to see footage and what the cart looks like with box.

[eskobar]

So none of the Gamestops here in my area are not having a midnight launch for this game. Which I find weird since they did it for Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. I know, I should wait till Sunday morning, but I just wanted it at midnight. So I've heard that payroll, demand and employee availablity determines whether there can be midnight launches or not. I'm curious, what else determines midnight launches?

I think that the Nintendo 3DS is selling poorly .... that should be reason enough to avoid a midnight launch.

The game can be found in Mexico like a week ago, not officially but many informal commerce have contact with official distributors and they buy large lots underwater ....

[swlovinist]

This should have been a launch title, period. I think that the 3DS can still sell, but it will not be the smashing success of the DS until its price comes down to reality with its market of a younger audience.

[Dobie]

I'm pretty sure that midnight launches can be "bought" by publishers. When Halo Wars launched at midnight, it was just me, 2 other grungy dudes, and the manager at my local Gamestop... I almost didn't go, but I was up anyways that night, so I caved. He said there were only a handful of preorders compared to their usual midnight launches, but corporate pushed the midnight "event" and allotted extra man-hours for it. I'm not knowledgable at all about Gamestop's inner workings, but it seems they wouldn't be above selling midnight launch slots.

[Robocop2]

Possibly I don't see why they couldn't be bought. I've never really cared about midnight launches simply because I have to get uP to go to work and all picking up a game at midnight would accomplish is that it would be sitting on my table at home until I get off work to play it the next day

[skaar]

Midnight launches are stupid, anyway.

I've always wondered if the pubs kick in towards one just to generate buzz.

[Flashback2012]

If this were a totally brand new LoZ game built from the ground up instead of a HD regurgitation of a N64 game I could better understand the need/demand for a midnight launch/early open.

[flyngryter711]

I am not interested in a remake of a game I already played. The new master quest can't even be unlocked until you beat the game once.

[binici]

Only reason I bought this game was for the OST CD bonus. I was looking for the pre-order poster, but no one has them...